Mike Tyson's daughter Exodus dies after accident

The four-year-old daughter of former boxer Mike Tyson has died after she was critically injured when her neck was caught in a cord on a treadmill machine at her home in Arizona.
Exodus Tyson was playing near the exercise equipment in the family home in Phoenix when the accident happened on Monday morning.
Police said her seven-year-old brother, who was playing in another room, found Exodus with the cord around her neck and immediately alerted their mother, who had been cleaning elsewhere in the house. She was taken to hospital in critical condition and placed on life support but died a few hours later.
"Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console — it's kind of a loop," police Sergeant Andy Hill told Fox news. "Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it."
Her mother took Exodus off the cable and immediately attempted to revive her. She then called police and the child was rushed to St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Centre in central Phoenix.
Sergeant Hill said everything in the investigation pointed to an accident. "There's nothing in the investigation that revealed anything suspicious," he said.
Tyson, the former heavyweight champion, had been in Las Vegas but flew to Phoenix immediately after learning of the accident. Brief TV footage showed Tyson arriving at the hospital in a white button-up and black pants, and looking around with a frown before going inside.
In a statement released early this morning, the Tyson family said: "There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus. We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal."
Exodus was described by neighbours as a friendly, lively child, who regularly played outside the family home in the quiet, modest neighbourhood.
Dinka Radic, who lives across the street, said Exodus would ask her if she had any chocolate. When Ms Radic gave her some, the young child would hug the woman's knees and “kiss, kiss, kiss”.
“She'd say ‘hi’ to everybody. She was really friendly,” Abdul Khalik, 53, who lives next door, told Associated Press.
He said Exodus rode her bicycle around the neighbourhood and often played with his two children and his niece.
Ben Brodhurst, 20, who lives across the street, said Exodus was “very lively, very enjoyable to be around”.
Once dubbed “the baddest man on the planet” - famously, the boxer partially bit Evander Holyfield’s ear off in a championship bout, an action that cost him a $3 million (£2 million) fine - Tyson has retired from competitive boxing.
“Iron Mike” was the subject of a documentary by director James Toback, which was released in Britain in March. The retired boxer remains the youngest man ever to win the top three world heavyweight titles after winning the World Boxing Council title at the age of 20.
Now 42, he does exhibition boxing shows and product endorsements. Tyson has been embroiled in many controversies over the years, having been convicted and served time for rape and separately for drug possession and drink driving.
He has been married twice and has six children with several women. He served three years in prison after being convicted in 1992 of raping a former beauty queen, the 18-year-old Desiree Washington, in a hotel room.
He said recently: “I was a hero under dark circumstances. I allowed it to happen. I’ve got nobody to blame but myself. I got bad advisers and I must have run through $300 or $400 million. I just about killed myself in pursuit of money, drugs and sex."
Source:The times